Comments | london1967: Political déjà vu

london1967

Political déjà vu

Apr 15, 2008 13:54

Oh well, the Italians have voted and chosen Berlusconi as their prime minister, once again ( Read more... )

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paterson_si April 15 2008, 13:02:12 UTC

Yes..... they never learn...

A text message from my friend from Genova last night "We got Berlusconi back...... FUCK!!!"

No extra comment needed.

london1967 April 15 2008, 15:39:42 UTC

At least I don't have to leave the country! LOL!

gorkabear April 15 2008, 14:28:34 UTC

What has Italy done to deserve that?

london1967 April 15 2008, 15:21:25 UTC

I wish I could answer that! :-(

gorkabear April 15 2008, 15:22:30 UTC

I hope he hadn't manipulated results...

london1967 April 15 2008, 15:38:41 UTC

I'm sure he didn't... lots of Italians genuinely like him!

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square_baker April 15 2008, 14:53:56 UTC

Rigged election to support B??

Italians sure love to have elections. I must not be paying attention - they seem to have them every six months.

london1967 April 15 2008, 15:18:02 UTC

No, I'm sure that it wasn't rigged (it is not Zimbabwe! LOL!). It's just that lots of people like him. *sigh*

Since 1948 there have only been 16 general elections (the same number of American presidential elections!). It's the governments that change more often, because of shifts in the party coalitions.

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Re: Berlusconi's win london1967 April 16 2008, 16:02:51 UTC

I was as well, I was expecting a much closer race.

Spain is an amazing country: it has moved forward so much in a relatively short period of time.

stockykub1973 April 15 2008, 18:20:58 UTC

When the BBC harps on about different Italians governments it also seems to forget that Democrazia Cristiana was the main party in all governments from 1948 to 1992.

I am just amazed that Berlusconi's has been returned to government but I guess the Italian electorate like his "populist" style. I sometimes wonder if where Italy went wrong after WWII was when the 1946 Referendum created the Republic of Italy. Would Italian politics have been more stable under a constitutional monarchy? It is an exageration but I do think that the constitutional monarchies in Europe (with maybe the exception of Belgium) tend to be a bit more liberal.

london1967 April 16 2008, 16:11:46 UTC

That's a very interesting idea!
The grandson of the last king of Italy was running but he didn't get elected.

I just hope that after the disappointment of Berlusconi, I won't have another one in May with Boris. I couldn't bear it!